[cvsnt] Re:SOLVED - CVSROOT env var on Win XP ignored for cvsnt commands

[Gerard K]

Why is it that you often solve the problem yourself soon after you post it
publically!

Anyway, for others who might have this issue....

I checked out the repository using the :pserver:  method which of course
gets written to the CVSROOT\root datafile

so when I changed CVSROOT env var to use sspi,  it made no difference to the
existing checked out repositories.

Run a little script to change :pserver: to :sspi: etc fixed the problem.
(also, could have just checked everything back in again using pserver and
then check it out once more using sspi).

I guess these things are sent to try us.!!!!

G.



"Gerard K" <cvsadmin_nospam_please at his.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bu12rv$7to$1 at sisko.local.nodomain.org...
> Hi
>
> I have cvsnt v2.0.14 installed as server on w2k pro.... and as client on
win
> XP pro
> my CVSROOT environment variable is set to
> :sspi:machine.domainname:/cvsroot
> trying to do a (for example) "cvs status" it  fails with the error
> "cvs [status aborted]: bad auth protocol start: BEGIN AUTH REQUEST"
> whereas if I do
> "cvs -d  %CVSROOT% status"
>
> it works fine
>
> why is it not picking up CVSROOT environment variable?
>
> thanks
>
>